If health care reform crashes, is there a value added tax in our …

For the nation as a whole, health care is a case of ‘pay me now or pay me a lot more later.’ Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan suggests that, absent major reform of the current system, the pressures on Medicare, …

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Tech Trader Daily – Barron's Online : Rumor Revived: Should Disney …

Last November, the Wall Street Journal ran a Heard on the Street column that proposed that Disney (DIS) ought to buy Electronic Arts (ERTS). The following month, they revisted the idea.

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RealClearMarkets – AP – Markets – Aug 19, 2009 – BJ's Wholesale 2Q …

BJ’s Wholesale Club said Wednesday that wet weather, food deflation and weak consumer spending hurt its second-quarter results, but the warehouse club chain beat analysts’ estimates and raised its full-year profit outlook. …

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Home Depot earnings fall — but not too far — for second quarter

However, Home Depot’s management felt confident enough to raise its earnings guidance to analysts for the rest of the year, even while keeping its previous sales forecast. It’s still calling for a sales drop of nine percent for the …

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Stocks To Watch Today : Home Depot Redecorates Its Performance …

Home Depot (HD) apparently turned a few corners with second-quarter results. It posted a quarter-over-quarter fundamental improvement, outsold its biggest rival for the first time in years, and started to show some traction in key …

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Stocks in the news: Lowe's, Charles Schwab, BB&T

New York state’s attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, is expected to file a lawsuit as soon as Monday against Schwab, alleging civil fraud related to the brokerage firm’s marketing and sales of auction-rate securities. …

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Existing home sales pick up in second quarter

Existing home sales rose 3.8 percent in the second quarter, a report released Wednesday showed, as lower home prices and government tax breaks pushed many would-be home -buyers off the fence and into the real-estate market. …

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RealClearPolitics – Government Health Care in Stealth Mode

The video in question, put together by a group called Verum Serum, shows public statements by three advocates of single-payer (government monopoly) health insurance explaining that a health care bill with a “government option” would …

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